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    If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down read more

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.

by Buddha Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for read more

The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension - and the happy are not over strung.

by Prof F A P Aveling Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Being happy with someone doesn't mean that everything about them is perfect, they can't be. It means that we know read more

Being happy with someone doesn't mean that everything about them is perfect, they can't be. It means that we know no one is perfect including ourselves so we look beyond someones imperfections and concentrate on their perfections and our happiest shines thru. As long as one's HEART is in the right place and is perfect for your liking then everything else that is near perfect or perfect about them is a bonus and everything else....secondary, they don't matter.

by Unknown Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since read more

The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, read more

Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are. Anne Frank -John B. Sheerin.

by John B. Sheerin Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

by Michael Pritchard Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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